Zoubin Ghahramani will join the Google DeepMind research leadership team reporting to Koray Kavukcuoglu.

Judged as of 2023-04-20 against what actually followed the announcement. True: Zoubin Ghahramani took a role on Google DeepMind's research leadership team reporting to Koray Kavukcuoglu, as shown by a dated Google or Google DeepMind announcement, org record or reliable report. Mostly true: he joined Google DeepMind research leadership, but the details differ in a minor way (for example, a slightly different title, or a reporting line that ran through Koray in substance but with a small difference in form). Mixed: he joined Google DeepMind leadership, but the evidence shows he reported to someone other than Koray, or held a role that was not research leadership. Mostly false: he took only a peripheral or advisory link to Google DeepMind and did not join its research leadership team. False: dated evidence shows he did not join Google DeepMind (for example, he stayed only in a separate Google org or left), or the appointment was withdrawn.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Google consolidates AI research divisions into Google DeepMind | TechCrunch TechCrunch · 20 April 2023

   “Eli Collins, VP of product at Google Research, will join Google DeepMind as VP of product, while Google Brain lead Zoubin Ghahramani will become a member of the Google DeepMind research leadership team, reporting to Kavukcuoglu.”

2. E2 Google integrates DeepMind and Brain teams, creating Google DeepMind Techzine Global · 21 April 2023

   “At the same time, Google Brain lead Zoubin Ghahramani will become a member of the Google DeepMind research leadership team, reporting to Kavukcuoglu.”

3. E3 World leader in artificial intelligence elected as an Honorary Fellow of St John’s St John's College, University of Cambridge · 6 November 2025

   “has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College in recognition of his outstanding work at Google DeepMind and in the fields of machine learning and statistics.”

E1 (TechCrunch) and E2 (Techzine), independent reports from the day of the announcement and the day after, both state that Zoubin Ghahramani would become a member of the Google DeepMind research leadership team, reporting to Koray Kavukcuoglu. E3, a later independent record from St John's College dated 2025, refers to his "outstanding work at Google DeepMind", which confirms he did join Google DeepMind. No evidence shows a different reporting line or a withdrawn appointment. However, the reporting line itself rests on the announcement-day reports and is not confirmed by any later source.